Lowan electorate roads
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (09:44): In this upcoming budget I am hoping there is a very large commitment to repair roads right across the west of the state. In particular I would like to see funding for Petschels Lane in Hamilton, a local road that the council simply do not have the funds to fix, where there is now a 450-milimetre drop-off which is going into the road, which is so dangerous with heavy vehicles travelling along that road; the Birchip-Rainbow Road, which carries gypsum trucks; the Glenelg Highway between Casterton and Coleraine and east of Glenthompson; the Hamilton Highway between Hamilton and Branxholme and Hamilton and Cavendish; and of course the Rainbow speed limit reduction with flashing lights on Taverner Street near the primary school. The entire Western Highway needs a rebuild. We need to get the duplication of the highway back up and running and not stalled. Let us see – (Time expired)